This book bundle provides 10 excellent learning resources for kids to explore Métis knowledge, culture and history connected to the land. It includes translations into Michif, and offers incredibly vibrant illustrations giving insight into Métis life.
Author Leah Dorion is a Métis artist, author, curriculum developer, lecturer and researcher. She has taught Métis History and Native Studies for the First Nations University of Canada, the Gabriel Dumont Institute and the University of Saskatchewan. She is also a visual artist and an instructor at the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program.
This Bundle includes:
- Relatives With Roots (54 pages + cd)
- The Giving Tree (31 pages)
- How the Moon Came to Be (16 pages)
- Métis and Dandelions (16 pages)
- Métis Singing Sticks: A Story About Métis Musical Traditions (16 pages)
- Pemmican Berries (16 pages)
- Poems to Honour Mother Earth (16 pages)
- The Helpful Sasquatch (16 pages)
- Métis Transport Boxes (16 pages)
- The Story of the Tamarack Tree (16 pages)